RiverTowne opens 2014 with classic Agatha Christie mystery

By Sun Journal Staff

Published: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 02:25 PM.

“This production has been so much fun to put together,” Favre said. “The cast is so talented. You will truly have a difficult time figuring out who the murderer is. I hope the audience has as much pleasure watching it as I did directing it.”

Tickets are $13 in advance, available at the Bank of the Arts on Middle Street. Call 638-2577 for more information or to reserve tickets.

RiverTowne Players opens its 2014 season with one of Agatha Christie’s best-known mysteries “And Then There Were None.”

Shows are at the historic Masonic Theatre on Hancock Street in New Bern on Jan. 17, 18, 24 and 25 at 8 p.m. There are two Sunday matinees on Jan. 19 and 26 at 3 p.m. The lobby opens one hour before each performance, with seating a half hour before curtain.

RiverTowne provided this overview: “The plot revolves around 10 guilty strangers trapped on an island. One by one they are accused of murder and one by one they start to die.

“In this superlative mystery comedy, statuettes of little soldier boys on the mantel of a house on an island off the coast of Devon fall to the floor and break one by one as those in the house succumb to a diabolical avenger.

“A nursery rhyme tells how each of the 10 ‘soldiers’ met his death until there were none. Eight guests who have never met each other or their apparently absent host and hostess are lured to the island and, along with two house servants, marooned.

“A mysterious voice accuses each of having gotten away with murder and then one drops dead. The excitement never lets up.”

Lori Favre, making her directorial debut, has assembled a cast of veteran area actors and several who are new to New Bern’s theater scene. Jennifer Blalock is the producer.

“This production has been so much fun to put together,” Favre said. “The cast is so talented. You will truly have a difficult time figuring out who the murderer is. I hope the audience has as much pleasure watching it as I did directing it.”

Tickets are $13 in advance, available at the Bank of the Arts on Middle Street. Call 638-2577 for more information or to reserve tickets.